Watch: Crosby strikes twice in less than a minute

Leave it to Sidney Crosby to put his mark on a 0-0 game in a hurry.

The Pittsburgh Penguins star scored two quick goals to give his club a 2-0 lead over the Washington Capitals early in the second period of Game 1 Thursday night.

Crosby broke into the Capitals' zone on a 2-on-1 with Jake Guentzel, who fed him for a pinpoint wrister that opened the scoring 12 seconds into the second period.

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Crosby tied his own franchise record for fastest goal to start a second period in a playoff game, a feat he previously accomplished in 2008, according to TSN.

Patric Hornqvist then secured a rebound and found the Penguins captain, who potted his second goal in a 52-second span.

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Hornqvist picked up assists on both markers, and the goals were Crosby's third and fourth of this postseason.

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